Super easy, simple, and delicious lemon muffins. These muffins are so fun to make with kids as they can do almost everything from whipping up the batter and pouring it into muffin liners and kids love that!
These are my favorite muffins. Seriously, I bake them almost every week! They’re very simple, very easy to make, and they only take 45 minutes to prepare. Simply beat all ingredients together until smooth and pour the batter into muffin liners or into greased muffin pan and bake!
The reason why I’m sharing this recipe with you today is that my sister baked these muffins before and loved them but lost the recipe (I already sent it twice to her) so here I am sharing it on my blog so she can always find it here! 🙂
And finally? Top with your favourite frosting and sprinkle with lemon zest! I love cream cheese frosting, so decided to make cream cheese frosting with butter, and powdered sugar.
Jan, 2015. We filmed this quick video to show you how easy are these muffins to make! That’s my 7 years old nephew Rayan in the video, along with Sophia, Kareem, and Juliana at the end of the video.
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Lemon Muffins
Super easy, simple, and delicious lemon muffins. These muffins are so fun to make with kids as they can do almost everything from whipping up the batter and pouring it into muffin liners and kids love that!
muffins
Super easy, simple, and delicious lemon muffins. These muffins are so fun to make with kids as they can do almost everything from whipping up the batter and pouring it into muffin liners and kids love that!
Equipment
- Hand mixer
- Muffin pan
- Muffin liners
Ingredients
- ½ cup (115g) 1 stick unsalted butter softened
- ¾ cup (150g) granulated sugar
- 3 medium eggs at room temperature
- ½ cup 150g Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups 200g all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 430°F (220°C). And prepare a muffin pan with muffin liners.
- In a medium-sized bowl cream butter with sugar. Then mix in eggs (preferably one at a time with mixing).
- Whisk in yogurt, lemon juice and zest, and vanilla. Give the mixture a good mix.
- Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and add them to the wet ingredients. Mix again but do not over mix at this point.
- Pour the batter into the prepared muffin liners filling each to the top, and bake at 430°F (220°C) for 5 minutes. Then reduce the heat 180°C (356°F) and bake for 15-17 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 80kcal, Carbohydrates: 16g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 41mg, Sodium: 207mg, Potassium: 61mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 15g, Vitamin A: 59IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 30mg, Iron: 1mg
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
© Little Sunny Kitchen
Fern says
I want to make these for a bake sale they look yummy! Can I use brown sugar instead? Might try 1/2 maragarine + 1/2 applesauce, 1/4 cup of each. Do u think these changes would work, especially with the sugar? Really am not crazy about white sugar. Thanks.
Little Sunny Kitchen says
Hi Fern. I haven’t tried this recipe with brown sugar. I think that the recipe will still work fine, but the muffins may be a bit softer and more moist. If you try it, let me know how your substitutions work!
Sarah says
My son loves these thank you. How long do they keep in an airtight container?
Diana says
Glad your son loves them, Sarah! They should keep well in an airtight container at room temperature for about 3 days or up to a week in the fridge.
Apyle says
Great recipe! I liked not needing milk/buttermilk as an ingredient. I subbed in full-fat coconut milk and vegan butter (same amounts) for diary-free family. I tripled the amount of lemon zest simply cause i didn’t look properly. They taste much tangy-er but that what I was looking for in muffins.
YUM!
Diana says
That’s great, Apyle! I’m happy you got the flavor you wanted – enjoy!
Theron says
Thank you for the recipe love it ❤️
Little Sunny Kitchen says
You are so very welcome!
Jenny says
Ok, a little eggy